{"id":3319,"date":"2026-03-22T19:50:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T23:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/?p=3319"},"modified":"2026-03-22T19:50:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T23:50:59","slug":"eater-of-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/22\/eater-of-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"eater of dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My dreams have gotten less frequent and tamer over time.  It used to be an adventure every night as I went to sleep – zombies, aliens, ninjas, etc. – with far flung travels to unknown worlds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, it\u2019s unusual if I remember my dreams at all.\u00a0 I know I\u2019m still having them – I\u2019d be insane otherwise (or at least moreso) – but it might as well be a void once my eyes close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I woke up early this morning and realized that I wasn\u2019t wearing my bite guard.  I got fitted with a guard by my dentist to address grinding my teeth at night.  It also helped with headaches in the morning, but not entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got up, a little puzzled since I remembered putting it in the night before, and got out of bed to check the nightstand and the cup in the bathroom.\u00a0 I assumed I had taken it out in the night and forgot about it, but then I heard a clatter as it hit the floor.\u00a0 At some point in the night – a while before, since it was dry – it had come out of my mouth and landed on my shirt.\u00a0 I picked it up off the floor and debated about cleaning it and putting it back in.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A glance at the clock told me I only had a couple hours left to sleep and I decided not to bother with it.\u00a0 I set the guard on the night stand and went back to bed and to sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had two dreams that I remembered upon waking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. I was trying to co-opt my niece’s eyeglasses appointment.\u00a0 The optometrist only had time for one of us and I made a case for going first and having her wait for another day.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Not really in character for me, but likely prompted by getting a text from my optometrist’s office that my glasses were in on a Friday – an hour after they were closed and not open again until Monday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. I was back in my high school and had started on a project to gut an entire wing and replace it with lifesized Minecraft blocks.\u00a0 I remember telling someone I was going to need hundreds of trees.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      I\u2019ve clearly been playing too much Minecraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The obvious answer is that the bite guard means I\u2019m sleeping more soundly and I\u2019m not waking myself frequently enough to remember my dreams.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      But, what if there\u2019s a less prosaic reason?  What if the dreams float around at night like ghostly snacks and we have to have at least a nibble to take them in?   Sweet, savory, spicy, bland, and salty might well describe the flavors of the dreams that I\u2019m now missing.  With the bite guard, I can no longer sink my teeth into a good dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      But, I\u2019d rather have a dreamless void than grinding away my teeth and waking up with a headache every morning.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Although, I wonder if I should take a nap\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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